community.vmware.vmware_datastore_info – Gather info about datastores available in given vCenter

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.15.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_datastore_info.

Synopsis

This module can be used to gather information about datastores in VMWare infrastructure.
All values and VMware object names are case sensitive.
This module was called vmware_datastore_facts before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
cluster string		Cluster to search for datastores. If set, information of datastores belonging this clusters will be returned. This parameter is required, if `datacenter` is not supplied.
datacenter string		Datacenter to search for datastores. This parameter is required, if `cluster` is not supplied. aliases: datacenter_name
gather_nfs_mount_info boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Gather mount information of NFS datastores. Disabled per default because this slows down the execution if you have a lot of datastores. Only valid when `schema` is `summary`.
gather_vmfs_mount_info boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Gather mount information of VMFS datastores. Disabled per default because this slows down the execution if you have a lot of datastores. Only valid when `schema` is `summary`.
hostname string		The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
name string		Name of the datastore to match. If set, information of specific datastores are returned.
password string		The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PASSWORD` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
port integer	Default: 443	The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PORT` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
properties list / elements=string		Specify the properties to retrieve. If not specified, all properties are retrieved (deeply). Results are returned in a structure identical to the vsphere API. Example: properties: [ "name", "info.vmfs.ssd", "capability.vsanSparseSupported", "overallStatus" ] Only valid when `schema` is `vsphere`.
proxy_host string		Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. The format is a hostname or a IP. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_HOST` will be used instead. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
proxy_port integer		Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_PORT` will be used instead.
schema string	Choices: summary ← vsphere	Specify the output schema desired. The 'summary' output schema is the legacy output from the module The 'vsphere' output schema is the vSphere API class definition which requires pyvmomi>6.7.1
username string		The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_USER` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: admin, user
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to `false` when certificates are not trusted. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to `true`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Notes

Note

Tested on vSphere 5.5, 6.0 and 6.5
All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

- name: Gather info from standalone ESXi server having datacenter as 'ha-datacenter'
  community.vmware.vmware_datastore_info:
    hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ esxi_username }}'
    password: '{{ esxi_password }}'
    datacenter_name: "ha-datacenter"
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: info

- name: Gather info from datacenter about specific datastore
  community.vmware.vmware_datastore_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter_name: '{{ datacenter_name }}'
    name: datastore1
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: info

- name: Gather some info from a datastore using the vSphere API output schema
  community.vmware.vmware_datastore_info:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    datacenter_name: '{{ datacenter_name }}'
    schema: vsphere
    properties:
      - name
      - info.vmfs.ssd
      - capability.vsanSparseSupported
      - overallStatus
  delegate_to: localhost
  register: info

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
datastores list / elements=string	always	metadata about the available datastores Sample: [{'accessible': False, 'capacity': 42681237504, 'datastore_cluster': 'datacluster0', 'freeSpace': 39638269952, 'maintenanceMode': 'normal', 'multipleHostAccess': False, 'name': 'datastore2', 'provisioned': 12289211488, 'type': 'VMFS', 'uncommitted': 9246243936, 'url': 'ds:///vmfs/volumes/5a69b18a-c03cd88c-36ae-5254001249ce/', 'vmfs_blockSize': 1024, 'vmfs_uuid': '5a69b18a-c03cd88c-36ae-5254001249ce', 'vmfs_version': '6.81'}, {'accessible': True, 'capacity': 5497558138880, 'datastore_cluster': 'datacluster0', 'freeSpace': 4279000641536, 'maintenanceMode': 'normal', 'multipleHostAccess': True, 'name': 'datastore3', 'nfs_path': '/vol/datastore3', 'nfs_server': 'nfs_server1', 'provisioned': 1708109410304, 'type': 'NFS', 'uncommitted': 489551912960, 'url': 'ds:///vmfs/volumes/420b3e73-67070776/'}]

Authors

Tim Rightnour (@garbled1)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/vmware/vmware_datastore_info_module.html

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